FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA'S HEADED TO A BCS BOWL GAME. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. IT IS AN ELITE SPOT WHEN IT COMES TO CROWNING COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS. MATT GRANT LIVE AT UCF WITH MORE ON WHY THE PRIZE COULD BE MORE THAN JUST A TROPHY. HI, MATT? HEY, MARTHA. THAT'S RIGHT. FOR THE FIRST TIME UCF WILL BE PLAYER IN EITHER THE FIESTA, ORANGE OR SUGAR BOWL. REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY PLAY OR WHO WINS, MANY ARE CALLING THIS A VICTORY FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA. I AM SO EXCITED. IF YOU HAD TOLD ME TWO YEARS AGO THAT UCF WAS GOING TO A BOWL GAME, A BCS BOWL GAME, I WOULD HAVE LAUGHED IN YOUR FACE. IT'S SOMETHING UCF JUNIOR ELIZABETH THOUGHT SHE WOULD NEVER SEE. I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE IT. I AM SO EXCITED. ALONG WITH THAT EXCITEMENT, COMES BIG MONEY FOR THE UNIVERSITY. IT'S ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE REGION THAT IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A LOSING SEASON, IT WOULD NOT BE TAKEN PLACE. SEAN IS DIRECTOR OF UCF'S INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS AND SAYS THE IMPACT FOR THE SCHOOL WILL BE IN THE MILLIONS INCLUDING THE $17 MILLION THEY'LL GET FOR PLAYING. WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO AN ATHLETIC BUDGET THAT IS IN TOTAL, YOU KNOW, $40 MILLION, I MEAN, THIS IS A TREMENDOUS FINANCIAL BOOST FOR THE PROGRAM. ALONG WITH LICENSING AND MERCHANDISE, PLAYING IN A BCS BOWL GAME COMES WITH A NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT. LAST YEAR MORE THAN 26 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED. HE SAYS YOU CAN'T PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THAT EXPOSURE. HELPS TO BUILD THE BRAND NOT ONLY OF THE UNIVERSITY ITSELF AND OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS BUT THE REGION AS A WHOLE. WHILE THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST UNIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY, SHE SAYS WHEN SHE LEFT COLORADO TO COME HERE HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY NEVER HEARD OF THE SCHOOL. BUT THEY DO NOW. WHICH SHE SAYS IS ALREADY A BIG WIN. I THINK THAT NOW WE'RE NATIONALLY RANKED AND GOING TO THE BCS BOWL THEY'RE, LIKE, OH YEAH UCF. ANOTHER BIG BONUS OF GETTING INTO THE BOWL GAME. THEY'LL FIND OUT WHICH GAME THEY'LL BE PLAYING IN THIS SUNDAY.

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